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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
7
Pilot Charles Sutherland saved a young woman who attempted to leap from a plane over Boston harbor. The unidentified passenger, about 24, refused to speak to doctors and was confined at Boston Psychopathic Hospital under guard.
A pilot describes a brutal midair struggle when a woman, who boarded for a sight seeing trip, fought him on the wing and in the cockpit. He wrestled her by the hair, knocked her, then forced the plane back to altitude and landed safely after an hour. The incident ends with the woman’s dangerous in-flight action.
Riley Strickland leaves for San Antonio as the first Potter County delegate to reach the State Democratic Convention. Other Potter delegates named include Col. Julius Dorenfield E. A. Simpson Mrs Floyd Cooper and Mrs W D Westbay who will attend the event. Bound feet fatality in Chungking reported as an elderly woman cannot escape a departing plane at the new airport.
In Gjoevik Norway rival Nazis and communists fought a pitched battle with six Nazis wounded seriously and many others less so. Police rushed from Oslo to stop the fighting after communists stormed a Nazi meeting place. Nazis sheltered at a railway station and later in a house where they were besieged for six hours before police rescue.
Rome May 22 Italy increases war funding to 10 billion lire and outlines plans to seize 350,000 square miles of Ethiopia. Mussolini seeks coal cereals cotton wool iron and other raw materials to build economic independence. Analysts compare potential gains to Alaska and the Philippines in US history.
The art department of St Marys Academy hosts its annual display this Saturday and Sunday at White and Kirks. Contributing artists include Myra Ruth Stith, Mrs O Maxwell, Mrs I Futch, Mrs G Turnley, Lena West, Josephine Kuykendall, Margaret Jones, Bill Nicholson, Pauline Mitchell, Beth Thompson, Marie Thompson, Helen Martin, Elizabeth Campbell, Harriett Miller, Dorothy Kelly, Kathleen Edwards, Mrs F G Kelleam, Mrs W B Stevenson, and Vivian Goodman.
Firemen at Amarillo central station planted a garden in a city parkway and advertised free zinnias after a heavy crop. Since then they have spent much time digging flowers for housewives and the supply is nearly exhausted.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce extended a formal invitation to the Texas Oklahoma Colorado Highway Association TOC for its annual meeting in town on June 22. The group supports improvements on Highway No 9 from Dumas through Boise City to Lamar Colorado, with invitation pushed by Wade Brymer Julius Dorenfield Chansler Weymouth Charles Green and T E Johnson.
Amarillo reports 16 scarlet fever cases with several homes to be released from quarantine soon according to health unit director Dr. B. M. Primer. The unit notes nearly 20 cases under quarantine at once is typical for this time of year.
Alfred Hotshot Jennings is released to Lubbock police custody after two diamond rings valued at 1550 are recovered. Rings identified as stolen in Lubbock. Jennings, escorted by Sam Fort, has prior Texas penitentiary terms for theft and prohibition violations.
Canyon earned a 97 percent grade for milk and a 97 percent enforcement method rating from the State Department of Health. Ted Rateliff, milk and dairy inspector for the Amarillo health unit, relayed the notices yesterday. Canyon tests are conducted at the health unit laboratory in Canyon.
The health unit will again run examinations for babies and pre school age children during the summer. Tests occur in school buildings during vacation. A full series of conferences is planned with Parent Teacher Association members in charge.
Paul Bush of Lubbock produced an “outstanding” fire prevention poster in the Texas Fire Insurance Department contest. Fire commissioner Raymond Mauk said missing details about Bush's school grade teacher and superintendent, as required by the rules, prevented first place in the high school division. Gonzalo Gonzales submitted the best intermediate poster whose details are unknown.
Courthouse records show transfers: Nellie M. Kingsland to John Dod son 5-20-36 for 5000 dollars. Wm Finger et ux to Minnie Ford 5-16-36 for 1000 dollars. H G Martin et ux to C L Duniven 9-16-35 for 10 dollars. J R Allen et ax to Jimmie Roundtree 5-20-36 for 701 dollars. Andrew L Eden et ax to Clarence L Rosson 5-16-36 for 1250 dollars. Fuqua Dev Co to W C Evans 5-16-36 for 6500 dollars. Buick Buick Sedan Frank Decanniere Hollywood Calif and J A Hazlewood Jr. MARRIAGE LICENSES issued for W C Brown and Louise Walker FE, W Jack Graves and Ellaline Norsworthy, Herbert Durham and Lillie Mae Curtis.
In Zistersdorf Austria three new wells have been drilled and development efforts boosted by government support. Since August 1934 about 1500 tanks of heavy oil have been produced and field work continues.
C Luker of Amarillo spoke at the annual FFA banquet in Lubbock. He recently left Texas Tech to join the Soil Conservation Service. The Lubbock FFA chapter aimed to become the Luker collegiate chapter but was disqualified under the same rules.
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